Harold Werner Fehderau
Date of Birth :
February 6, 1932
Place of Birth :
Kitchener, Ontario
Country :
United Kingdom
Field of Expertise :
Archaeology and Egyptology
Educational background :
- Fehderau received his B.A. in Modern Languages from Waterloo College
- He received his M.A. in German Language and Literature with a minor in Linguistics from the University of Colorado
Acheivements / Contributions :
- In 1959, Fehderau starts his duty as a missionary polyglot in the Belgian Congo for the Mennonite Brethren Board of Foreign Missions and the American Bible Society.
- During his stay, he started to learn the language of Kikongo.
- Ultimately, he did some study on the language and began work on a new translation of the New Testament in Kituba.
- By 1969, Fehderau had concluded the translation and compiled together the first Kikongo/English/French Dictionary.
- Fehderau also wrote numerous articles for different publications such as Practical Anthropology, The Bible Translator, and the International Journal of American Linguistics.
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Fehderau was incessantly concerned in translation projects, which is why in 1976 Fehderau was chosen
Bibliography :
The origin and development of Kituba (lingua franca kikongo) (Publications occasionnelles "Ngoma,"),Translating the Bible into Kituba ,A report on Kimbanguists: A visit to some Kimbanguists in the Congo, January 29- February 5, 1967 .
